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ArticleCureus2020

Clinical Experiences with Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Treatment on Various Anatomic Locations.

Burak Ozkan, Nilgun Markal Ertas, Ulas Bali, Cagri A Uysal

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Negative pressure wound therapy in cases of spinal surgery and exposed dura: a case-based review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Burak OzkanPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TUR.
Nilgun Markal ErtasPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TUR.
Ulas BaliPlastic Surgery, Celal Bayar Üniversitesi, Manisa, TUR.
Cagri A UysalPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TUR.
Başkent University · TRManisa Celal Bayar University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Closed incisional negative pressure wound treatment (ciNPWT) is one of the promising methods for the prevention of complications in surgical incisions. The mechanisms of ciNPWT have previously been elucidated and in this series, we demonstrate various, as of yet, underreported uses for the technology. Our aim is to share our experience with ciNPWT on various anatomic sites with novel indications.  Materials and methods ciNPWT was used in 24 patients. The mean age was 49.6. All the incisions were sutured, clean, and non-infected. Patients' sex, age, comorbidities, anatomic location of the wound, and the indications for ciNPWT were recorded. Results The mean number of applications was three per patient. One suture dehiscence after one session of ciNPWT was encountered in a flap donor site of an infant operated for meningomyelocele. Late-term seroma and hematoma formation were encountered in two patients. No surgical site infection, wound dehiscence, and ciNPWT related complications were seen in other patients. The majority of the applications were on the trunk, lower extremity, pelvis, upper extremity, and scalp respectively. Indications for ciNPWT utilization were preventing dehiscence, seroma, and hematoma formation in the majority of the patients. Conclusion ciNPWT is reliable and effective in the prevention of post-operative wound dehiscence and surgical site infections. It can be used safely in various locations and different indications for preventingcomplications such as preventing dehiscence in revision surgeries, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula formation in the scalp, and wound breakdown in chronic corticosteroid use.

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closed incisional negative pressure wound therapyvacwound dehiscencewound management

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PMID32626631
PMCPMC7328693
OpenAlexW3037041445

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